General Discussion Thread, from page 30+ always tag your spoilers

IndianAnimeReker said:


HAHAHAHA. Yea I thought she was the craziest one too. The witch of pride is my next craziest one.

Jagd84 said:


Minerva is probably only kinda of sane one in the bunch, but she's just a spazz most of the time. lol

But I love how quirky their all are. BTW, vol 15 is coming out in December.

IndianAnimeReker said:
Although I predicted it would be released on December (on a quarterly basis), is this actually confirmed or something? Like did you hear about it from some source?

Tony_SansNom said:
Where is situated the english translation? I've bought the french translation of volume two today. Considering it takes a few months to release a new volume, I wonder when exactly we'll reach the later parts of the current story...

Jagd84 said:


Some JP readers on twitter confirmed it.



YenPress is releasing vol 5 in 23rd of this month. EX1 one is coming out the one after. At least in the US, we don't look to be getting vol 6 until the first quarter of 2018.

Tony_SansNom said:

For me it's vol 3 in February 2018. It's going to take so long....

Jagd84 said:



Who is the publisher in your country?

Tony_SansNom said:

It's called Ofelbe. They also publish log horizon, overlord and SAO.

Jagd84 said:


Ah, I've seem them on twitter a lot among the french Re:Zero fans. They look to be heavily advertising this series a lot.

Tony_SansNom said:
The fact that they picked this series for french translation is a real blessing. I had dreamt of it for a year until it became a reality.
(I don't see many french/francophone fans myself tbh).

LegendaryWeaboo said:
It seems that each anime episode covered almost only one LN chapter. If that's the case then we will have enough material for ss2 when volume 15 comes out because volume 10-14 all have 328 pages and more chapters, or maybe they will rush it and cover from arc 3 interlude to volume 17~18. It's just my speculation so what do you guys think?

LegendaryWeaboo said:
I don't think arc 4 LN is really that short. While each anime episode covered around 1.5 or 2 chapters (49 in total, 7 prologue and interlude chapters included), the LN content past episode 25 is currently 36 chapters (3 prolofue and interlude chapters) so when volume 15 comes out, it will be 43~44 chapters. But the point is volume 10~14 are all 30~40 pages longer than volume 1~9, which makes arc 4 not that short anymore.

Nobidexx said:


It depends on the pacing. For the first 3 volumes (arc 1-2), they did 4 episodes per volume, for 4-9 (arc 3) it was only 2-3. They could do a 2-cour for arc 4 alone, but that would be a bit too dragged out imo. It should take between 15 and 20, not 25 episodes.

LegendaryWeaboo said:

It's either 24-episode arc 4 or ending right in the middle of arc 5. And either way it just sucks.

Tony_SansNom said:
Yet another show that will be done by White Fox. How many shows do they have on their hands at the moment? It's insane the amount of stuff they're going to have to do.

Nobidexx said:


Maybe they'll have another studio do season 2? That's not impossible.

Uchiha_Shadow said:
Would 24 episodes for just Arc 4 really be dragged out? I heard it's a bit shorter than arcs 1, 2 and 3 combined, and those arcs took 28-29 episodes to adapt(it was 25 "Episodes" but the first episode was twice as long as normal and there is a lot of extra time in the other episodes, overall about 28 episodes), so can't they do it in 24 episodes? If not then I've seen 2-cour shows that are only 22 episodes long so maybe it will be that? And on the other hand is it not possible to fit in both arc 4 and 5 into a 26 episode Anime but with the same length or a bit more than S1? That way it will be 28-30 episodes.

IndianAnimeReker said:


Well since Vol. 15 of the LN is most likely going to finish up Arc 4, this means it's only 5 volumes worth of content the second season would have to cover (plus the last 1/4 of Vol. 9, so say 5.25 volumes).

Technically it's less volumes than Arc 3! It took Vol. 4-9 to adapt that arc and Episodes 12-25 (12 episodes). So assuming Arc 4 in anime format can be adapted just like Arc 3 was, and assume that it would only take Episode 1-2 for the last 1/4 of Vol.9 to be adapted, then it's possible to complete Arc 4 by Episode 14 of the second season.

TL;DR That whole thing of Arc 4 being as long as Arcs 1-3 combined is only true of the Web Novel (which is a super long 130+ chapters). The LN's have considerably shortened it such that it's about the same length of Arc 3. So yea essentially a Season 2 could adapt both Arcs 4 and 5 if it was also 25 episodes long (since Arc 5 is shorter than Arc 4). It also fits well with the logic that a season 2 hasn't been announced cos the LN's haven't caught up to Arc 5.

Interesting side note: I heard re-runs of Re:Zero are taking place in Japan soon. Combined with the earlier news of an OVA in the works, and I can safely assume that the production committee behind the show is looking to sustain hype for it (possibly for gauging consumer interest for Season 2). All speculation here so take my words with a grain of salt. Cheers!

Uchiha_Shadow said:

Pretty sure that's 6 volumes, and if as you say it's also 1/4 of volume 9, it's 6.25, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15.
Anyway I've also heard that Arc 5 has a lot of action, so maybe it can be adapted quite a bit faster?

IndianAnimeReker said:


Oh whoops you're right it's about 6.25 volumes. Well either way it's essentially the same size as Arc 3 now so a season 2 can probably adapt 4 and 5.

And yes, Arc 5 is mostly action and has lots of characters, battles etc. Many things happen in the Arc tho so even though it can be adapted faster in the LN's, in an anime format it might be harder to compress the story into 12 episodes. But given the skill at which White Fox pulled over S1, I think they can do it.

I've also heard arguments that they should adapt both Arcs in S2 because the first lead to possibly reviving Rem and the others is revealed. Arc 6 is rumoured to be the one that sees Rem being revived. Mainly because coma-Rem is literally travelling with the group to the Watchtower, meaning she will be made relevant in the Arc some way or another i.e. There'll be more progress in reviving her at the very least.

Arc 5 also answers a lot of questions in Arc 3-4 and thematically closes the 1st half of the story. It launches the story into the second act in other words. To be honest the novels are as good if not better than the anime, in the sense that, even if no new season is announced I'd be content with just reading ahead until the whole story is completed. Reading it makes the pain of waiting so much less excruciating hehe.

IndianAnimeReker said:
Woa looks like this volume will wrap up Arc 4 then. Cos if Beatrice's liberation and the Elsa fight are in it then the Bunny fight can also be squeezed in (plus the Roswaal punching scene).

Excited to see what content is covered this volume. I want to see Arc 5 in LN picture form so badly haha, I hope Arc 4 is finished off now.

Rough translation:

Chapter 1: Roswaal Manor, the Final Day

Chapter 2: Happiness Reflected in the Water's Surface

Chapter 3: ...The Pitch-Black King of the Forest, The Charge of Guiltylowe!!

Chapter 4: We'll have a Tea Party Next Time for Sure

Chapter 5: Love even the Blood and Entrails

Chapter 6: Starting from Revenge

Chapter 7: ...Choose Me.

Chapter 8: The Faces Snow

Interlude: Their Individual Compromises

Final Chapter: Under the Moon, Haphazard Steps

Extraneous (note: literally 'snake feet', referring to something unnecessary): ...The Second Coming

Uchiha_Shadow said:
Would 24 episodes for just Arc 4 really be dragged out? I heard it's a bit shorter than arcs 1, 2 and 3 combined, and those arcs took 28-29 episodes to adapt(it was 25 "Episodes" but the first episode was twice as long as normal and there is a lot of extra time in the other episodes, overall about 28 episodes), so can't they do it in 24 episodes? If not then I've seen 2-cour shows that are only 22 episodes long so maybe it will be that? And on the other hand is it not possible to fit in both arc 4 and 5 into a 26 episode Anime but with the same length or a bit more than S1? That way it will be 28-30 episodes.

Jagd84 said:


The LN's version of that arc has streamlined it considerably to point it's as long as Arc 3. So at this point you just bee stretching and padding the material with that many episodes. It also work well on TV as people feel the plot is progressing to slowly and not much has happen because Subaru has been struck in the same are for 20+ episodes. It's usually been to have a series tightly paced to keep interest in the visual medium rather than drawn out. Also covering Arc 4 and 5 together workers better thematically as well as resolution-wise, because certain major characters who appeared at end of Arc 3 won't appear again until Arc 5. So getting them VA and such would be a waste for amounts to 4 minutes of screentime for entire season.

Uchiha_Shadow said:


So would just a normal 24-26 episode Anime be enough for both arcs? Or would they need to give it longer episodes like in S1, where in total it's more like 28-29 episodes?

Tony_SansNom said:
@Jagd84 Looks like this place is absolutely dead. Or maybe it's because it's almost christmas?

Jagd84 said:
Mostly color spreads for Tanpenshuu 3 so far.

Tony_SansNom said:
@Jagd84 So we've got nothing I suppose? All this hype for nothing :/

Nobidexx said:
https://twitter.com/nezumiironyanko/status/959456411506786305

According to peole who've translated this tweet, he said he would resume the WN after volume 16.

IndianAnimeReker said:
Early Vol.16 cover and character illustrations are out!

"I will pass on the words of my mistress, Anastasia-sama, to Emilia-sama" One year after the battle at "Sanctuary", the camps are reunited, and Subaru Natsuki's days are full. Those peaceful days are brought to a close by a single letter brought by a messenger. An invitation to Priestella, the Water Gate City -- that was the contents of the letter sent to Emilia by Anastasia, one of the Royal Candidates. Heading straightway to Priestella after receiving the invitation, Subaru's group begin by once again seeing Anastasia's familiar face in the city of water. Renewing unusual old friendships, Subaru's group passes the time peacefully. -- Without realizing the beginnings of sinister intent behind it. The popular web novel, reunions and fresh starts in volume 16. -- The start of a new arc! Gather, ye stars that write history.